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The article is not about features, but about profits. But to your point about features: Follow the money. How else would Apple be making so much money if not by

by ap3 11y ago

The article is not about features, but about profits. But to your point about features: Follow the money. How else would Apple be making so much money if not by giving customers the features they want. That is exactly how they make money: features. In Apple's case the hardware is a feature. Performance is a feature. Build quality is a feature - all of those things come from manufacturing. By controlling the whole process they can ensure quality from both the software and hardware sides. You are correct that unlike Apple, Google is not a hardware manufacturer, they sell ads - but they are still trying to make money. It's just that they make most of their revenue from ads, and Android is a way for them to ensure they can capture the ads in the mobile space without being shut out by the iPhone. But, how long will HTC, Huaweii, Nokia, Motorola be around making smartphones for the Android platform if they are not making any money ? Who will make Android phones without turning a profit ? As for your quote: > They make lots of money, but they don't dictate the direction tech is going. I will offer this example: - touchscreen phones ( find a smartphone that is not like the iphone)

Mikeb85 11y ago
Google makes money. Samsung makes money. Xiaomi makes money. I'm sure others do too, even if it's less than Apple. The fact some companies don't make money is meaningless. Is it Microsoft's fault if an OEM goes out of business? And the innovation thing goes both ways. Yes Apple popularized a form factor, but remember there still was BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Maemo, etc..., before iOS. And every new feature on iOS 9's launch page is more or less taken from Android, some features being several years old. Thinking about technology that developers use, very little comes from Apple. They contribute, but no one is launching their startup on OSX servers. No one is coding the next search engine in Objective C or Swift. Apple products are a shiny computer that hosts apps. The point of the article is that Apple has an unassailable position. That's what a lot of people thought about Volkswagen a year ago. What they thought of Microsoft a decade ago. Also what we think of Google today... The point is, Apple does nothing so special that they can't be beaten.

by ap3 11y ago

Mikeb85 11y ago

Google makes money. Samsung makes money. Xiaomi makes money. I'm sure others do too, even if it's less than Apple. The fact some companies don't make money is meaningless. Is it Microsoft's fault if an OEM goes out of business? And the innovation thing goes both ways. Yes Apple popularized a form factor, but remember there still was BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Maemo, etc..., before iOS. And every new feature on iOS 9's launch page is more or less taken from Android, some features being several years old. Thinking about technology that developers use, very little comes from Apple. They contribute, but no one is launching their startup on OSX servers. No one is coding the next search engine in Objective C or Swift. Apple products are a shiny computer that hosts apps. The point of the article is that Apple has an unassailable position. That's what a lot of people thought about Volkswagen a year ago. What they thought of Microsoft a decade ago. Also what we think of Google today... The point is, Apple does nothing so special that they can't be beaten.